Finance

Factory price inflation at highest level in over a year

Input prices to UK manufacturers rose at their fastest pace since November 2008 last month as output prices also posted an above expectation increase.

Interest rates stay at 0.5% for 11th month

The Bank of England (BoE) has kept interest rates on hold for the 11th consecutive month as the fragile economic recovery continues to supersede inflationary fears.

CBI predicts slow recovery for UK economy

The UK's long recession ended this quarter but the recovery will be "fragile and weak", the CBI has said today.

The Tall Group acquires ID Data out of administration

The Tall Group has boosted its financial services offering after acquiring Card Data Management (CDML), the loyalty card printer that trades as ID Data, out of administration.

Bank of England holds rates for 10th month

The Bank of England (BoE) has kept interest rates at 0.5% for the 10th consecutive month.

BPIF slams National Insurance rise

The BPIF has hit out at the planned increase in National Insurance (NI) unveiled in yesterday's pre-Budget report (PBR), billing it an "attack on job preservation".

Pre-budget report minute by minute

Live text and reaction from the pre-Budget report and what it means for the print industry

Businesses escape significant tax increases in PBR

Businesses will not bear the brunt of the government's need to reduce the deficit, Alistair Darling revealed in his pre-Budget report (PBR).

State-owned banks unlikely to meet business lending targets, NAO claims

The UK's two state-owned banks are "likely" to fall short of their business lending targets, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.

Top 500 report finds industry structural change is accelerating

PrintWeek's annual Top 500 report has revealed that the structural change of the UK print industry has not only begun, but is well advanced and being rapidly accelerated by the trying economic...